Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
5. Muslim women
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heaven.”
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Yasir and his wife Summaiyah were the
first to succumb to persecution by the Quraysh. Yet,
even after seeing the painful fate which his parents
had suffered, ‘Ammar, their son, being strong of
will, did not flinch from his faith. It is said that
‘Ammar ibn Yasir was the first Meccan Muslim to
have built a mosque in his home. It is believed that
it is he who is referred to in this verse of the
Qur’an:
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Can he who passes his night in adoration,
standing up or on his knees, who dreads the
terrors of the life to come and hopes to earn
the mercy of his Lord, be compared to the
unbeliever? ... Truly, none will take heed but
men of understanding.
82
80. Ibn Kathir,
As-Sirah an-Nabawiyah,
1/494.
81. Ibn Sa’d,
At-Tabaqat al-Kubra,
3/250.
82. Qur’an, 39:9.
IN THE FIELD OF ACTION
The general lot of women in the early days of Islam
was frequently a hard one, but they bore themselves
